Score-board for bowling-alleys.



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(Application led July 29, 1901.) l (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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J. PAUPA & GHF. HOCHBIEM. SCORE BOARD FUR 'BWLING ALLEYS.v

(Application led July 29, 1901.) v (No Mxfdel.) y 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.'

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH PA'UFA AND oUsTAv F. IIOOHRIEM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SCORE-BOARD FOR BOWLlNlG-ALLEYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Application inea July 29,1901.

Toy LtZZ whom, t may concern:

' Be it known that we, JOSEPH PAUPA and GUsTAv F. HOOHRIEM; citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Scorea vertical sectional elevation taken on line 2 `of Fig. 4;

of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a sectional detail, taken on line 3 of Fig. 1, lookin g in the direction of the arrow; Fig. iig-an enlarged sectional detail of the roll mechanism, taken on line 4 of Fig. l; Fig. 5, a sectional elevation taken on line 5` Fig. 6, an `enlarged detail of the pivot-plate for the opposite end of the rolls from that shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 7, a sectional detail taken on line' 7 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 8, a broken view, partly in section, of the key for operating the rolls.

In the art to which this invention relates it is well known that the common board in which the bowling-score is kept is an ordi-4 nary blackboard having the frames77 printed thereon and that as a consequence no permanent record of the games can be kept for future reference. The old form of scoreboards is also objectionable in that it furnishes a temptation to dishonest employees to render false reports of the number of gamesplayed on their'respective alleys to the owners or proprietors thereof.

Thel principal object of our invention, there-f fore, is to provide a simple, economical, and efficient score-board which'will remove the above-named objections andprovide a means by which a permanent record of the number of games played and the scores thereof may be easily kept, all of which will more fully hereinafter appear.

In constructing a score-board in accordance with these improvements we provide a backing-board a, of the desired size and shape, which is substantially square when viewed in las they are played.

,end'of the frame and mount it insuitable bearings thereon, as

`of vthe bowler,

of Letters Patent No. 702,072, dated June 1o, 1902.

Serial No. 70.046. (Nomodel.)

front elevation. I This board may be supportv ed'in any desired way;but we'prefer to support it in two uprightsb and-b', which are connected together at the top by means of a cross-piece c and at their lower ends by a boxlike structure. an inclosing casing or frame portion. This cl and which practically form frame portion is pivoted to a base-board e'by means of hinges f (shown particularly in Fig. 3) and is locked to the main supporting-board by means of ja latch g. If necessary, this latch can 'be dispensed withand an ordinary lock of any description provided, thefkeyof which may be kept by theemployer or owner, and thus preventv the abstraction of the lscore-paper by other than the trustedindividual. i 4

The mechanism thus far described is nothfing more or lessthan the supportingmech 'It is necessary to provide means, the, score of the games To accomplish this result we provide a receiving-roll h at the lower beiow the backing-board anism. however, for keeping hereinafter described, This receiving-roll is adaptedl to receive one end of a strip of paper t' and wind it around thereon, as shown particularly in Fig. 2. This strip of paper is passed from a supplying-roll 1j, arranged in line with and adjacent to and just above the receivingroll, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, and also has its rotatablebearings in the :supporting-frame. lpassed from the supplying-roll "upwardly against the front of the backing-board over The strip of paper is dan idler-rollk, then downwardly and adjacent to the rear of the backing-'board and en- 'gaged with thereceiving-ro'll, so that as such latter roll is wound up thepaper'is passed over the backing-board-in the desired manner.

lhe paper isprovidedv `with :blank scoresquares Z, printed thereon. in succession or series, and opposite each set or transverse row of squares is a set of spaces for thename the number of strikes, totals, &c., while adjacent to each nameis arranged -a series of numbers m, printed upon the paper, so as to readily furnish a means of ascertaining the `number of games played, and thereby furnish a check on the employees.

From the foregoing description of construction and operation it will be seen that it is IOO necessary to provide means by which a new roll of paper may be readily inserted and a completed roll removed. To accomplish this result, the rolls are made in the shape of hollow cylinders, provided with pivots 'n at one end (see Fig. 7) and split at o at the other hollow end. (See Fig. 4.) The pivots of these rolls are inserted in a pivot-plate p, (see Fig. 6,) which is slotted in two places at q and provided with spring-pressed levers r, so arranged that as the pivots are inserted such levers are moved to one side, and after the rolls have reached their desired position the spring-pressed levers move to their normal po-v sition and lock the rolls in such position and until they are again pressed back to permit of the removal of such pivots. The hollow slotted ends of the rolls are arranged to engage stub-shafts s, provided with feathers t, arranged to engage with the slots thereof. Each of these stub-shafts is provided with a wave-wheel it, which is contacted by springpressed pawls c, so that the paper supplying and receiving rolls are thereafter kept in the desired position or until they are turned by use of extraneous force, as will be more fully hereinafter described.

From the above description it will be seen that the rolls may be removed whenever necessary by simply pressing backwardly the spring-pressed levers r and sliding the rolls from their engagement with the stub-shafts and also that a new set of rolls can be supplied by slipping the hollow ends thereof into engagement with the stub-shafts and inserting the pivots into engagement with the pivotplate, as above described. Itis desirable, however, to provide means by which the rolls may be turned in one direction only, for the reason that it is essential that each ofsuch rolls should only be turned to wind the paper thereon and permit it to unwind on the other roll--in other words, to prevent the slack of the paper in the frame-all of which will be appreciated by those skilled inthe art. In order to accomplish this result, the stub-shafts are provided with projecting studs w, which pass through one of the supporting-uprights of the scoreboard frame and through the sockets The ends of these studs are cut in a helical manner, so as to provide shoulders y and helices c. A socket-key l0 is provided and forms the counterpart (see Fig. 8) of the helical studs, so that when engaged with such studs it moves them in one--the desired-directionthat is, while the key is being turned in one directionwhile during an opposite movement of the key it simply slips over the helical portion of the studs. In this manner the rotation by the key of each roll is provided for in one direction only.

We claiml. In a score-board for bowling-alleys, the combination of a frame portion, a backingboard therein, a supply-roll formed of a hollow cylinder provided with a pivot at one end and slotted at the other hollow end, a receiving-roll formed of a hollow cylinder pivoted at one end and slotted at the other, a pivotplate for removably holding such pivots in position, and stub-shafts rotatably mounted in the frame portion provided with feathers to removably engage the hollow slotted ends of the rolls, substantially as described.

2. In a score-board for bowling-alleys, the combination of a frame portion, a backingboard therein, a supply-roll formed of a hollow cylinder provided with a pivot at one end and slotted at the other hollow end, areceiving-roll formed of a hollow cylinder pivoted at one end and slotted at the other hollow end, a pi vot-plate for removably holding such pivots in position, stub-shafts rotatably mounted in the stub portion provided with feathers to removably engage the hollow slotted ends of the rolls, and spring-pressed levers on the pivot-plate for yieldingly holding the pivots of the rolls in engagement with the pivotplate, substantially as described.

3. In a score-board for bowling-alleys, the combination of a frame portion, a backingboard therein, a supply-roll formed of a hollow cylinderprovided with a pivot at one end and slotted at the other hollow end, a receiving-roll formed of a hollow cylinder pivoted at one end and slotted at the other hollow end, a pivot-plate for removably holding such pivots in position, stub-shafts rotatably mounted in the frame portion provided with feathers to removably engage the hollow slotted ends of the rolls, spring-pressed levers on the pivotplate for yieldingly holding the pivots of the rolls in engagementwith the pivot-plate,wave wheels on the stub-shafts, and spring-pressed pawls c engaging the wave-wheels to yieldingly hold said rolls in their desired position, substantially as described.

4. In a score-board for'bowling-alleys, the combination of a frame portion, a backingboard therein, a supply-roll formed of a hollow cylinder provided with a pivot at one end and slotted at the other hollow end, a receiving-roll formed of a hollow cylinder pivoted at one end and slotted at the other hollow end, a pivot-plate for removably holding such pivots in position, stub-shafts rotatably mounted in the frame portion provided with feathers to removably engage the hollow slotted ends of the rolls,springpressed levers on the pivotplate for yieldingly holding the pivots of the rolls in engagement with the pivot-plate,wave wheels on the stub-shafts, spring-pressed pawls c engaging the wave-wheels to yieldingly hold said rolls in their desired position, and helical-cut studs on the stub-shafts arranged to be engaged bya proper key and ro tated thereby in one direction only, substantially as described.

JOSEPH PAUPA. GUSTAV F. IIOOHRIEM.

lVitnesses:

THOMAS F. SHERIDAN, HARRY IRWIN CROMER.

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